When someone gets a shout-out at ElevenLabs, the first thing they do is pass credit to everyone else they worked with. When something goes wrong, multiple people raise their hands saying 'I could have done better.'

And when there's something that goes wrong, there are multiple people that put their hands up and say I could have done a better job here.

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being all in, running towards the fire, letting the outcome shine, making sure that the product is at its best much more than making the individual shine or getting the glory for the work that you've done. And the way that that comes up in the day to day is that when someone gets a shout out, the first thing that they do, no matter who gets the gets the glory, is that they pass that on to everyone else that they've worked with. And when there's something that goes wrong, there are multiple people that put their hands up and say I could have done a better job here. And that is exactly the environment in which I love to operate. It's also the environment in which politics don't,

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Specific example of how low-ego culture manifests in daily operations.

9:19 - 9:4728sBusiness Mechanics

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